This article is part of a larger tracer study that investigated Khoe learners' reading ability of English at junior secondary school in Botswana. The research was carried out at Motshegaletau Primary School and Mothamo ...

This paper examines recent attempts by the Malawi government to introduce local
languages into the primary school system and other secondary domains of national life, breaking more than 30 years of Chichewa/English monopoly. ...

This study explored metacognitive awareness level of University of Botswana students in the Faculty of Social Sciences. It also considered the more recent research focusing on the role of metacognitive awareness in reading ...

This paper explores the dilemma of the emergent African intellectual, activist or modern leader by focusing on Sol Plaatje's experiences. It shows that by acquiring western education and values, the African intellectual ...

Using a corpus of about 200 letters written during the time that Botswana was a British protectorate
(1885–1966) by and to the British administrators on one hand, and letters written to and by Batswana
(natives of Botswana) ...

This article is about the relationship between proficiency, gender and self-efficacy beliefs. It further says that self-efficacy beliefs are important in learning and have been found to influence learning meanwhile Univesity ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which students' understanding of key words in examination questions might influence their performance as illustrated by the number of subjects in which they obtain ...

In this paper, I intend to support Schechner's (1988:197) argument that "to be in trance is not to be out of control", and that in trance or possession the performer does exhibit elements of acting. Schechner mentions that ...

Employers in today’s competitive and challenging global world prefer employees who possess “soft skills” in addition to “hard skills” because they make an impact and create a good impression in the workplace. This study ...

This article is about how communities living within the same borders and planet view each other and is mainly concerned about Southern Africa. The article goes further to say social groups are partly defined by our stories, ...